Use and experiment with access methods and structures in a sensitive bog: hurdles and fagots
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Site
Kéroncel - Locarn
Particular techniques
Hurdles and fagots
Hurdles made from wood and earth (see illustration) were of particular use in parts of the site along river banks. Here, flexible, narrow branches, in-filled with earth, were inserted in the side of 'talus' raised banks.
Fagots are bundles of sticks (1 to 2 metres width per bundle), made from heather and gorse. Piled-up in wet areas, they can be used for path construction. This is a traditional Breton technique of improving access across wet areas.
Water can circulate between and within fagot bundles. Thanks to the waterlogged environment, the sticks are long-lasting. A wetland path made in this way can be used by walkers, mountain bikers and horse riders.
Hurdles along the side of a talus
